I'm seeing too many geeky, nerdy kids get addicted to video games and they're going nowhere. It's making me crazy. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'm seeing too many smart kind of socially awkward kids, a lot milder than I was, not getting employment because they're not… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'd rather see a kid get fixated on something they can turn into a career. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
We've had several cats. I had a cat when I was a kid. My Aunt had lots of cats and I got… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in getting kids involved in things where there's a shared interest because that's where they can have friends. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'm a believer in biochemistry. But I tell people to try only one thing at a time to see if it works.… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'm seeing too many kids where they get fixated on their own autism. I'd rather have them get fixated that they like… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of other people who do a lot of things for me, so I've gotten to a part in… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
When I was diagnosed, mothers were blamed for causing autism. There was no autism support. They'd put autistic kids in institutions. I… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I look at the successful people that have, you know, high functioning autism and Asperger's, they're ones where maybe the parents were… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One area of study that still needs to be done is the kind of autism where kids have speech and they lose… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
In the 50s and 60s, kids were taught how to shake hands. They were taught how to have manners. There needs to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'd rather have a kid come up to me and tell me that he loves dinosaurs or he loves airplanes or he… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There are three basic ways [to use a dog to work with autistic children], one is just to be companion person and… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You take somebody - one person has definitely got autism, you got another person that maybe has some of those traits and… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Basically when it comes to autistic kids and animals there's kind of three ways that they work, some of them are instant… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think it's a real shame so many schools have taken out the hands-on classes. Art, music, auto mechanics, cooking, sewing, these… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You have to get autistic kids out and expose them to things, but do this without any surprises, so they know what… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One thing I'd like to just keep on doing is I want to educate people about animal behavior and about autism. I've… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There is three different ways that autistic kids will interact with animals.And they also need to make sure that they're not getting… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One of the big areas I'd like to see a lot more research done on is the sensory problems, and it's real… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
My life - autism's an important part of it, but it bothers me when I see kids where autism and their autism… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think there's some kids that need to go from being a child to being a grown-up. You get out in the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
When kids are really little, they all look the same. No speech, no social relatedness, cannot emphasize enough the importance of early… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
One of the things I want to do is be a decent role model. I've got a lot of emails and stuff… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I'm seeing too many kind of socially awkward kids that get through schools and then they can't hold a job because they… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I don't like the way most people think. It's imprecise. I find that when parents ask me questions, they ask very imprecise… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I was nonverbal until I was four years old. Back in the 50s, I was the kind of kid they used to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
By looking at autistic kids, you can't tell when you're working with them who you're going to pull out, who is going… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think the mild Aspergers have always been there. You see, Asperger's diagnosis did not become common in the U.S. until the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I couldn't get… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some kids are… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Some people with autism who don't talk, all they hear are vowel sounds. Like if I said 'cup,' they might just hear 'uh.' — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Animals do have emotion. But fear tends to be one of the most primal emotions. — Temple Grandin Copy Share
I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling. — Temple Grandin Copy Share
People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection. — Temple Grandin Copy Share
There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
here's certain things that are similar to cats and dogs. Dogs are just hyper social and they have a want to please you way… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer? — Temple Grandin Copy Share
It is important that our relationship with farm animals is reciprocal. We owe animals a decent life and a painless death. I have observed… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
In a dog social cue from a master can override where he saw the being placed. That won’t happen unless we have bred a… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better than other… — Temple Grandin Copy Share
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